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Sociolinguistics from the Periphery "presents a fascinating book about change: shifting political, economic and cultural conditions; ephemeral, sometimes even seasonal, multilingualism; and altered imaginaries for minority and indigenous languages and their users."

*Empirical evidence from a huge variety of languages including English,Hebrew and Russian*Non-partisan approach means that empirical research evidence is discussedwithout subscribing to either of the two main theoretical perspectives *Includes material concerning the impact of frequency on the acquisition ofverbs

This volume investigates the linguistic development of children with regardto their knowledge of the verb and its grammar. The selection of papersbrings to researchers and in particular psycholinguists empirical evidencefrom a wide variety of languages from Hebrew, through English to Estonian.The authors interpret their findings with a focus on cross-linguisticsimilarities and differences, without subscribing to either a UG-based orusage-based approach.